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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Westmorland and Furness Council. Covers the former Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland council areas.Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Westmorland and Furness website
0 approved · 0 refused · 1,803 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 10 Aug 2000 to 19 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 22 Oct 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
LAWTON HOUSE, LONG MARTON, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6BN
Received 27 May 202226 Fairgarth Drive Kirkby Lonsdale CARNFORTH LA6 2DT
Received 17 Nov 2023Farleton View, 3 Leighton Beck Road, Slack Head, MILNTHORPE, LA7 7AX
Received 10 Jun 2021Old Waiting Room Bookshop Grange Over Sands Train Station Station Square GRANGE-OVER-SANDS LA11 6EH
Received 16 Apr 2024Former Glaxo Social Club, 35 Queen Street, Ulverston, Cumbria, LA12 7AF
Received 25 Mar 2013Logwood Cottage, Mealbank, KENDAL, LA8 9DJ
Received 30 Jan 202325 CORNMARKET, PENRITH, CA11 7HS
Received 23 Mar 20154 Tenterfield, Brigsteer Road, KENDAL, Cumbria, LA9 5EA
Received 7 Mar 2023ROADSIDE IN FRONT OF OLD ST JOHNS CHURCH, GAMBLESBY, PENRITH, CA10 1HR
Received 7 Jul 20164 HIGH WIEND, APPLEBY-IN-WESTMORLAND, CA16 6RD
Received 14 Oct 2021Stephenson Centre, Ann Street, KENDAL, LA9 6AA
Received 27 Jan 202268 BROUGHAM STREET, PENRITH, CA11 9DW
Received 2 Jun 202198 BURNESIDE ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA, LA9 4RT
Received 6 Sept 2005Aurora Park, Scales, ULVERSTON, LA12 0PF
Received 17 Jan 2020LAND AT EDEN VIEW, LANGWATHBY, PENRITH, CA10 1NH
Received 4 May 2023MEADOW FLATT, ALSTON, CA9 3DE
Received 13 May 201625 Ruskin Close, KENDAL, LA9 7LA
Received 12 Oct 2023KENTMERE, KIRKHEAD ROAD, GRANGE-OVER-SANDS, LA11 7BG
Received 7 Dec 200566 Greenside, KENDAL, LA9 5DT
Received 5 Oct 2023Sawmill Cottage Milburn Road Newbiggin Temple Sowerby Penrith CA10 1TA
Received 28 Aug 2026Corner Cottage Beetham Milnthorpe LA7 7AL
Received 26 Aug 2026Electricity Substation, Eden Mount, GRANGE OVER SANDS, LA11 6BZ
Received 16 Jun 201712 Greenways Drive Endmoor KENDAL LA8 0EL
Received 25 Nov 2024Blawith Farm, Lindale Road, GRANGE over SANDS, LA11 6EU
Received 15 Nov 2018Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Westmorland and Furness Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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